2020 Endorsements for Congress and NY Legislature
May 18, 2020 With Donald Trump as President and Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education, and a fierce economic recession upon us, our public schools are threatened with huge budget cuts and privatization like never before. We need strong representation in Washington DC to protect and strengthen our public schools and after careful consideration, we […]
2020 Congressional and Legislative candidate surveys
NYC Kids PAC surveys for Democratic primary on June 23, 2020 Our endorsed candidates are in red Candidates for Congress 5 Shaniyat Chowdhury 5 Gregory Meeks (did not respond) 7 Nydia Velazquez 7 Iro Omere (did not respond) 9 Yvette Clarke 9 Adem Bunkeddeko 9 Lutchi Gayot 9 Isiah James 9 Joel Anabilah-Azumah […]
NYC Kids PAC Legislative Agenda for 2020
A formatted pdf of our Legislative Agenda that you can download and forward to your legislators is here. It is also described below. Funding and class size The state should fully fund foundation aid over two years, with an additional $2 billion statewide in year one and $1.8 billion in year two. Of that amount, […]
Contact the Speaker & the Council about the need to lower class size!
NYC Kids PAC along with Class Size Matters and other parent groups are urging the City Council to allocate $100 million towards class size reduction in next year’s education budget. Please call the Speaker’s office with this message: “As a parent [or teacher, or concerned citizen], I urge the Speaker to fight for $100 million […]
Parents, teachers and students testify about the importance of reducing class size
On Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, parents, students, educators and advocates testified on the importance of reducing class size at City Hall hearings of the NYC Education Committee, chaired by Council Member Mark Treyger. Below are videos and links to written statements of some of these testimonies. You can watch the full unedited video of these […]
Join us in urging the Mayor & Chancellor to stop sharing student info with charter schools!
If your organization would like to sign onto this letter, please email us at [email protected] Dear Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza: We strongly urge you to reverse the long-standing Department of Education policy of allowing charter schools to access student personal information to help them market their schools. Parents are outraged when they see […]
Contact your legislators today! Don’t let them renew mayoral control for another 3 years without significant changes!
The future of mayoral control is likely to be decided in Albany the next few days – whether it will be renewed for another 3 years without significant changes or a shorter time so that the Legislature can reach a consensus on how it should be improved. See this NYC Kids PAC video with parents […]
Mayoral control: It’s time for a change
Please watch the video below and if you agree that it’s time for a change, contact your legislators in the Assembly and the State Senate and let them know you want checks and balances added to mayoral control – with a stronger voice for parents and members of the community. Also check out our mayoral […]
We endorse Jumaane for Public Advocate!
An important special election will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 26 for NYC Public Advocate. NYC Kids PAC reached out to all the candidates to fill out our survey, which asked about their positions and records on the most important issues of the day affecting our schools. We received completed surveys from seven of the […]
Our 2020 State Legislative agenda
NYC Kids PAC and Class Size Matters 2020 State Legislative Agenda Amend Mayoral control so that there is no longer a mayoral majority on the Board of Education (AKA Panel for Educational Policy) and/or make NYC Department of Education policies subject to city law and checks and balances via the NYC City Council like other city […]
